IOSCO to launch 2019 world investor week to promote investor education

INTER NATIONAL OR GANIZATION of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is preparing to launch its third annual World Investor Week (WIW) from 30 September to 6 October 2019, after its successful organization in 2017 and 2018.

According to Ashley Alder, chair of the IOSCO Board and the chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, this third edition of the World Investor Week, evidences IOSCO’s continuous efforts and commitment to investor education and protection.

He said new initiatives among IOSCO members will continue to be encouraged while preparedness among members to enable them deal with the challenges of increasingly interconnected and digitalized capital markets will be addressed.

An official statement from the organisation, explained that WIW is a week-long, global campaign, which aims to promote investor education and investor protection, highlighting the various initiatives of securities regulators in these two critical areas.

At the campaign, IOSCO members are expected to provide, in their jurisdictions, a wide variety of activities such as launching publications or services, promoting contests and organizing workshops, conferences and other events. Many members leverage the event to organize further investor education activities throughout the year, the organisation hinted.

“Given today’s digital environment, the WIW 2019 includes key messages regarding online investing, digital assets and Initial Coin Offerings, as well as re-emphasizing the basics of investing,” the statement added.

In last year’s WIW, IOSCO members and stakeholders from some 90 jurisdictions on six continents undertook a range of activities, such as offering investor-focused information and services, promoting contests to increase awareness of investor education initiatives, organizing workshops and conferences and launching local/national campaigns in their jurisdictions.